Articles tagged "Survival"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Assessing the Impact of the Share35 Liver Allocation Policy: Survival Outcomes Among Liver Re-Transplant Recipients.
J. Ortiz,¹ N. Koizumi,² C. Kwon,² Y. Zhang,² C. Ortiz.³
¹Department of Surgery, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH; ²George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; ³Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA.
Liver retransplantation (reLTx) is the only treatment option for those who experienced graft loss after primary liver transplantation (LTx). Yet, in an era of increasing…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Colonization and Risk of Bacteremia by Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms in Intestinal Transplant Recipients.
J. Simkins,¹ J. Camargo,¹ M. Morris,¹ R. Vianna,² T. Beduschi,² L. Abbo.¹
¹Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; ²Surgery, Miami Transplant Institute/University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Background: This study is the first to evaluate colonization rates and subsequent bacteremia with multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) in intestinal transplant (ITx) recipients.Methods: Retrospective study…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Kidney Transplantation in Obese Recipients Can Lead to Superior Outcomes in Terms of Wound Infection and Graft Survival
I. Tzvetanov, G. D'Amico, G. Georgiev, P. Giulianotti, H. Jeon, R. Garcia-Roca, J. Oberholzer, E. Benedetti.
Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
IntroductionTraditionally kidney transplantation (KT) in obese recipients has been associated with high rates of surgical site infections (SSI). We hypothesize that robotic kidney transplantation (RKT)…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Cumulative Incidence, Risk Factors for and Impact on Survival of Severe Chronic Kidney Disease After Intestinal Transplantation: Analysis of the SRTR Database
G. Huard,¹ K. Iyer,¹ J. Moon,¹ L. Schwartz,¹ J. Doucette,² V. Nair,¹ T. Schiano.¹
¹Recanati-Miller Transplant Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY; ²Preventive Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
Background: Patient and graft survival rates after intestinal transplantation (ITx) have improved. More ITx recipients achieve long-term survival and are at risk for severe chronic…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Pretransplant Hepatitis B Viral Infection Increased Risk of Death After Kidney Transplantation
J. Lee,¹ J.-H. Cho,² J. An,³ C.-D. Kim,² C. Ahn,⁴ I. Jung,³ D. Han, C. Lim,³ Y. Kim,⁴ Y. Kim, J. Lee.³
¹Internal Medicine, Hallym University Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ²Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea; ³Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ⁴Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ⁵Surgery, Ulsan University Seoul Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Clinical outcomes have not been well evaluated in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) with hepatitis B virus (HBV). Here, we aimed to investigate the recent posttransplant…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor Hemoglobin A1c On Pancreas Graft Survival
K. Collins,¹ J. Garonzik-Wang,¹ E. King,² M. Doyle,¹ J. Lowell,¹ S. Shenoy,¹ Y. Lin,¹ J. Wellen,¹ W. Chapman,¹ D. Segev.²
¹Abdominal Transplant, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO; ²Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
A goal in selection of ideal donor pancreata is to avoid grafts with a predisposition to type-two diabetes. The HgA1c assay is a validated estimate…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit of Kidney Transplantation With Expanded Criteria Kidney from Donors After Circulatory Death
X. Luo, A. Massie, E. Chow, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
The purpose of this study was to compare the mortality risk and survival benefit of transplant with expanded criteria kidneys from donors after circulatory death…
2015 American Transplant Congress
External Validation of Clinical Prediction Models of Patient and Graft Survival in a Canadian Cohort of Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Singh,^1,2 D. Naimark,^1,2,3 J. Victor,² J. Kim.^1,2,4,5
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³Division of Nephrology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁴Division of Nephrology and the Kidney Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁵Division of Nephrology and the Renal Transplant Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background: Several clinical prediction models (CPM) of patient and graft survival in kidney transplant recipients have been developed as tools to assist physicians in identifying…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Non-Inferior Outcomes of Third and Fourth Renal Transplant. An Analysis of Our Experience
H. Sharma, P. Yiannollou, O. Masood, G. Giffruda, R. Dhanda, D. Van Dellen, T. Campbell, R. Pararajasingam, T. Augustine, A. Tavakoli, B. Forgacs.
Transplant Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom.
INTRODUCTIONOutcome of third and subsequent renal transplants have not been associated with favorable outcomes. We analyze our experience in patients with three or more kidney-transplants…
2015 American Transplant Congress
South Asians Have a Higher Risk of PTDM and Death After Renal Transplantation
D.-A. Moutzouris, L. Kozia, M. Willicombe, R. Corbett, N. Duncan, J. Galliford, A. McLean, D. Taube.
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
South Asians (SA) have a higher risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes than the general population, but in renal transplant recipients, data are limited and…